Download Windows 7 ISOs, Legally and for Free

For years, Microsoft allowed us to download Windows 7 ISOs. They did it using their content delivery partner, Digital River. On February 2015, the company decided to take down those links. Thankfully, there is an independent mirror where we can download Windows 7 ISOs, legally and for free.

Downloading Windows 7 is convenient

Many of us bought our copy of Windows 7 pre-installed with a new desktop or laptop PC. More often than not, though, the box didn't contain a full Windows 7 DVD.

Usually, we would get a "recovery disk", to reinstate the operating system to its default settings. But this would also restore all the bloatware and crapware the manufacturers include. Remember Superfish?

The ability to download Windows 7 ISOs is essential for anyone who wants a clean Windows installation for their PC. It is also handy if we misplaced, lost, or destroyed our original disk.

How is it legal to download Windows 7 as an ISO?

When we buy a copy of Windows 7, we don't get a special installation DVD. Every DVD of a particular version - e.g. Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - is identical to all the others.

What we buy is the unique 25-character product key. We will find it as a sticker on the retail Windows 7 DVD case. Or, with pre-installed Windows, stuck under underneath our laptop and on the side of the PC tower.

With this product key, we can install Windows 7 using any disk of the corresponding version. No matter where we got the Installation DVD, we will end up with legally activated Windows 7 on our PC.

We can even download Windows 7 as an ISO from the shadiest torrent site. As long as we are using our genuine product key, the Windows installation will be 100% legal.

Where can I find the Windows 7 product key?

If our Windows 7 PC didn't have Windows preinstalled and doesn't have a sticker, we can use special programs to get the Windows 7 product key, even in cases where we can't boot into Windows.

However, to download Windows 7 through this site, we need the product key of a store-bought, retail version of Windows.

In case we have a desktop or laptop computer with pre-installed Windows 7, we own an OEM Windows 7 License. And Microsoft's website, for reasons unknown, won't let us download Windows 7 ISOs with a valid OEM product key.

So, as OEM owners, what are we supposed to do? Steal a disk? Beg friends and strangers for a Windows 7 DVD?

The clean way to download Windows 7

The good news is that whatever goes up on the Internet, never really goes away - for better or for worse.

The German mirror http://mirror.corenoc.de/ has done an exceptional job gathering the Digital River ISOs and uploading them as torrent files. They have all the different English versions and even a few in other languages.

Download Windows 7 Torrent

To download Windows 7 using a torrent file, we will need a torrent client. In the example, we will be using the popular torrent client qBittorrent.

Any torrent client will work, though, such as uTorrent / μTorrent or BitComet. So, if you already have a torrent client, you don't need to install qBittorrent.

With a torrent client installed, we only need to download our preferred version's torrent file:

The torrent file is just a few kilobytes in size, and it will download immediately.

Download Windows 7 with the torrent file

With a correctly installed Torrent client, we just need to double-click on the torrent file, which will start the application and will ask us where to download the ISO file.

Depending on our internet speed, and the available seeders, the ISO file should download in a few minutes.

How can I trust that these Windows 7 ISOs are clean?

As we mentioned earlier, downloading Windows 7 from questionable sources is never a good idea. So, since a random German mirror site isn't exactly a reputable source, how can we be 100% confident that these ISOs are clean and safe?

Fortunately, Microsoft can help with that. You see, these ISOs are the same ISOs we could download if we had an MSDN subscription. And Microsoft provides the SHA-1 checksum for the ISOs downloaded by MSDN subscribers.

We just need to visit this page, where we will find the relevant information for all the Windows 7 ISOs.

We just need to look for the version we downloaded using the torrent file, and click on "Details". For the example, we will be using Windows 7 Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (x64).

- Ignore the Product Keys and Download buttons; they won't work without a 1000$+ MSDN subscription -

We know that we have the correct version from the ISO filename.

To confirm that the ISO we downloaded is 100% clean, we just need to compare Microsoft's SHA-1 checksum with the ISO file's checksum.

Got stuck when tried to mount new motherboard. Found out it did not have IDE connection, the plan was otherwise to use any dvd reader on the outside to install windows7 from purchased cd copy. So I tried usb external dvd reader which hung claiming it was short of drivers. The german site supplied the iso image and folowing your advice the installation finally was succesful. /

Hi I have an OEM Key for Windows 7 Home Premium, when tried to use the recovery system in Microsoft they said I had to contact my manufacturer because I have OEM key, so I went to check Acer and I have a new HDD so I don't have my Recovery thign or whatever when I put my ID they directed me to buy a eRecovery Disk and I don't want to pay for that and then I found this, so I want to download en_windows_7_home_premium_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_676549.iso and I have some questions:
Is this the correct download? for Home Premium OEM key
Is this genuine download?
Will I be able to activate my OEM key with this?
If so everything will be complete and I will get my genuine back?
Is it English version of Windows?

Hi all,
Very encouraging article but I would like some comment on what I'm trying to do please. I am a Mac man but I'm sure you won't hold that against me!! At the ripe old age of ?0 I'm taking up an old hobby, SWL, but with an SDR and a dongle. Some of the more complex programs are Win rather than Mac so I've got to move. Before I decide on my birthday present, a bespoke PC, I want to try out some of these programs by virtualising a PC, more than one in fact, on the Mac so I can compare them. I'm in NJ for two weeks and have the use of a PC running Wn 7 and had hoped to use the restore facility for a bootable USB or DVD to virtualise. No joy as the article above points out so the methodology also above is just what I need. My idea is to do as much as possible on the Mac, download the ISO, check the check sum etc purely for convenience. (the mac will work in PC formats) because the PC is so full of crapware (I've spent hours trying to get out of registry cleaners etc) that enough is more than enough! Is this doable? and where might things get a bit messy?
Thanks again for the article and I'll look out for the next installment! Regards john m

Very, very nice job guys. I am astounded and ecstatic I found this page. I never even thought about looking for a torrent. I was locked out of my Admin/User from some sort of pass. issue and I have tried to reset it using many utilities. Even Falconfours utility would not re-enable the Admin. I lost my Win 7 disc and of course I am now using my outdated and extremely slow laptop to create all these utilities and search for fixes online. Been a really fun 2 days for me. I am so grateful for you and your site, it saved me! Thank you so much and awesome job. You guys are my favorite!

what happens if I install this via Bootcamp without a valid license? I'm trying to use an old key from a retail Windows 7 disc I bought in 2010. But, when I check that key via http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery i get the "Unsupported Language Error" message. If I install this, will I end up with a "trial" version if they key doesn't work.

forgive me for being a little skeptic, but i can dl these torrents without using a vpn without trouble? id rather not deal with anything i dont need to, as i have an OEM key. just worried that my isp would get in a tiffy for some reason or another ;; cheers!

downloaded windows 7 ultimate 32 bit, and verified download. Q - during the download will it give the option to upgrade or will it install complete which I would have to save everything and reload programs.

is this ISO going to have a usable product.key?yes i have a product key for windows 7 on this now, only trouble going genuine.A 32 bit OS was installed by a well meaning freind and i had to reinstall the original 64 bit.

do these isos contain all or at least most of the latest updates or will i need to download them all after installation? with the disk i was using so far, i would get more than 150 available updates after a fresh installation, which are a hassle to sift through and install. also, installing 150 updates at once is just begging for something to go really wrong.
at least torrents from shady websites are constantly updated 🙂

Wikipedia - Comparison of BitTorrent clients
In 2007, five BitTorrent clients were discovered to be Trojan horses that attempt to infect Windows with malware.[3][4][5] Those clients—BitRoll, GetTorrent, Torrent101, µTorrent,[6] and TorrentQ—are excluded from the comparison tables below. In 2013, Thunder Networking Technologies admitted that some of their employees surreptitiously distributed a Trojan horse with certain releases of Xunlei, the company's BitTorrent-ready download manager.[7][8] Xunlei is included in the comparison tables.

Downloading an OS from a torrent? Sounds a bit risky. Is there a hash from an unquestionable source such as Microsoft or a site officially authorized by MS, like digital river was? I know you say you made the hash directly from the digital river ISO but, don't be insulted, I have no idea who you are or what this domain is.

I downloaded win 7 home edition x32 u edition and tried burning it numerous times. It wouldn't read it on startup. Tried setting the same Iso up for usb installation and it wouldn't boot either. I got it from the link above. I even downloaded again and tried again to no avail.

Well, what's strange is that the link for home x86 listed above has the matching md5 as the downloaded file I received, but it was downloaded from the German links list page. which shows a different Md5. So not sure what to make of it. Are those links above from the german site or if so, maybe this iso has the wrong Md5 listed on the German mirror???

No on testing it elsewhere question because i had no access to another PC. Will report back on that issue later.

At quick glance, it looks like none of the iso links on this page have the same Md5 as the German mirror. Kind of weird, but like I said, the German mirror file shows the Md5 that is listed on the links on this page, not what is on the German mirror.

i tried downloading from the google drive >https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxu8unle-0U0bUxKeUJBQ1g3cTQ/view?pref=2&pli=1 you gave for windows 7 home premium 64bit and i used the same microsoft code for the hash thats on the site under the same name
en_windows_7_home_premium_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_676549 and the files didnt match. their is nothing wrong with my computer hard drive nor is anything wrong with the non working computer hard drive it passed all test but had an error at f11 which was the recovery so after attempting to skip the recovery and do a factory reset the computer is saying install a cd and giving me error 0xc000000f so now im trying to install his original OEM which was microsoft windows 7 home premium i can still read the faded product key on the bottom of the computer but what about the hash not matching the md5? is that a bigger issue for me? is there anyway you can offer a different link for a different ios download? also the computer is a hd pavillion dv6-2158nr

Hi when I go to burn it to DVD or make it in to a bootable USB stick do I need to put all the file that came with the down load eg. boot , efi ,sources, support, upgrade, autorun, bootmgr, boomgr.efi and the setup or just the setup

Hello Angelos,
THANK YOU for all this info!
Needed it because I did go ahead and pay SH & H for the discs to get to me, yet the 2nd disc stops at 12%...tried 2x and waited for over an hour...so now i cannot even get into my laptop to recover anything as the disc partitioned the drive...lol ~ $18 wasted...thanks alot HP.

I have completed the DL of the torrent. I want to go to the next step to place the bootable file on a disc, but cannot access the site...says it is offline...any help?

Hello Angelos, I will probably reinstall Windows 7 on my PC using a W7-ISO file as mentioned. I have of course my 25-character product key. But I wonder: is it possible with that key (english software) to reinstall W7 but this time in french with a french W7-ISO? Thanks

So upon some research. Bitcomet was not verifying the download. Tried Qbittorent. And the md5 checksum matched. Another thing I might add. Windows built in burner since Win7 has been flawed on many devices. It fails to burn ISO images. But now I'm realizing something else is wrong. I've tried 4 programs. Nothing is completing the burn. I've tested the burner by burning other programs to disks. Works just fine. Any ideas why the burn follows for the ISO?

I haven't tried any other ISO. What I am going to try is just move the file over to the computer. Mount the image. Then run it. I was speaking to Microsoft support yesterday. The tech gave me a full install of Win 8 pro. My key doesn't work for it because it's for an upgrade, but I think I can just run the Win 7 ISO and use the working key I have for it. So downgrade to upgrade haha.

Update: Mounted the ISO that had the matched m5checksum. Everything goes perfect till the final restart upon completion. Gives an error and says setup cannot finish till a restart is performed. And it just loops on it.

I have a Windows 7 64-bit Professional key which I bought using windows anytime upgrade feature in Windows 7 Home premium (64-bit). I need to install windows 7 professional on a new laptop. Will the upgrade key that I bought work with en_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_676939.iso ?

If yes, then do I need to install windows 7 home premium first and then use the upgrade to windows 7 professional or can I directly install windows 7 professional using the ISO and the upgrade key ?

I came here only looking for sites that will have links to these downloads without torrents. Your method leads me back to the malware ridden torrent files (i'm just a little skeptical of how clean/legit those files are. So are you claiming that these particular torrent files are cleaner than the random windows 7 torrents?...
I just wanted your assurance of that before going ahead and downloading it.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Tarun

Hello Angelos!
I am wandering are these ISOs volume licensed ones or personal use(retail) ones?Also,can they be activated using the OEM keys with my PC that has windows 7 home premium 64 and I download and use the same version?Thanks in advance!

Yes, the keys on the Certificate of Authenticity will work. You can upgrade to Windows 10. The ISOs have a few updates, but there are about 800MB of updates to download. You don't need to fully update Windows 7 to upgrade to Windows 10, though.

hello! I have recently reformatted my Laptop (sony vaio -windows 7 home premium) but it was changed to Windows Ultimate .. Can i possibly return it to the previous windows version and use the Product key attached on my laptop?

Windows already comes with malware and spyware, the versions downloaded from other sources have this stuff disabled or removed. Look at windows 10, where it has an option to turn off the content monitoring, the ability of microsoft to terminate or remove software it feels you shouldn't have, or to delete files that it deems a violation of copyright, and that option does not work. I've seen this demonstrated. Windows 7 was the first nail in the coffin for microsoft.

Hi, I have a peculiar issue with my desktop. I had OEM Windows Basic genuine with product key. When I tried upgrading to Windows 10, somehow it got changed to Windows Ultimate and now it is saying it is not genuine. I still have the original Basic DVD and key, but I am stuck with Ultimate. What do I do now?

Since you have the DVD and key, the simplest solution is to format and reinstall Windows. Then, you can take a full Windows backup http://e-shoppen.at/?view=3057-full-windows-backup-image/ before attempting again to upgrade to Windows 10, so if anything goes wrong, you can easily revert to Windows Basic.

Hi Angelos, I'm planning to download windows 7 iso from the link you provided, and i'm going to install it on my MacBookPro 2012 with BootCamp Assistant, will that worked for me? Btw, i already have a valid OEM product key. Thanks!

You will need a legitimate product key to activate Windows. Without a product key, the installation will work between 3 and 30 days, depending on the version (Home Premium is 30 Days, Professional is 3 if I remember correctly)

with a the interruptions of open sources there must be a major change downloads and what changes with the download managers? like you discussed some are clean and some have a missing file or interruption of not complete source download

Have a ASUS with XP home, but the manufacturers dueled it now with Linux, I checked most win 7 downloads now and a lot are assisted with thes joint umbrella download managers? My real problem lyes with understanding if I have a Duel Core processor or single core for my advancement into wind 7 and 8 merger

Hello. I have a problem that I cant find a solution to. I have a toshiba satellite and it can with windows vista home premium preinstalled. I had some issues with it and took it to a local pc repair man. Whala...fixed. Later on, I had a trojan and other yucky things happen again. This time after numerous attempts to clean the pc, I decided to restore. Well, apparently, the repairman installed windows 7 home premium on my pc OR I did an upgrade. Either way, my pc now states my product key is not geniune and I'm running Windows 7 Home Prem on my pc now. In order to upgrade or DO ANYTHING with this pc I need to reinstall my Vista Home Premium version that came preinstalled. Fat chance at finding it online as windows is now moving on. I have one of the two restore cd's...disk 2 was damaged. How can I avoid purchasing another restore set? Am I able to download this iso and install? Will it also provide the product key necessary to run without issues or past any trial dates? Im so new to this and its confusing. Please help.

Since the technician installed a cracked version of Windows 7, and you don't have a legitimate Windows 7 licence, these ISOs won't help you. They don't contain a product key or an activator, which would be illegal.

Your only free option is to download Windows Vista, which is a bit complicated, unfortunately. In the next few days, I will prepare a guide on how to download Windows vista.

Hello, I was just reading the posts, and saw this. The Windows 7 DVD actually contains all of the versions for the particular architecture (ie, a 64 bit DVD contains all of the 64 bit versions). All you need to do is create your USB installer, then go into the "sources" folder and find the file "ei.cfg". You can edit the file to install your desired version, or delete the file altogether and you will be prompted during installation for the version you'd like to install. You will of course need the product key for the version you choose.

Angelos- My machine is less than a year old and came with Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64 installed by HP. I have downloaded and burned your equivalent ISO to disc and want to clean install on my new SSD. I don't want to use HP's Recovery Media, due to bloatware you mentioned above. HP Support tells me that the COA license key on the case will activate. Could you please confirm this. If I am understanding your article above, it should.
Thank you, sir.
tim

Just to be clear here these ISO will accept the COA on the bottom of your laptops correct (OEM)? Not to confuse between the Orange Product Key Found on Box Versions with COA's on the bottom of laptops and desktops. My Sony VIAO Disk 2 is Worthless and Sony does not have that Restore Library to send anymore plus Microsoft was no help at all. I need to restore my Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit for my Visual Studio Development Needs as a Testing System for programs I build. I must have this restore.

i've got a hp pavillion g7 and im running unbuntu on and i want to go back to the windows 7 home premium 64bit that it originally had, can this work? i have the product key still too.also my right click wont work even when i use a mouse connected to the laptop any idea what that may be ?

I don't understand much about technology. I have an iMac and I'm trying to run windows on it using bootcamp. I had windows 7 on my old laptop. Can I download this and use the product key from my old laptop? Will I then be able to use this with bootcamp? This has all been causing a headache for me, all I want is to play some games on my mac that are only windows compatible. Help!

Hi there,
I tried verifying the SHA-1 Hash as per your instructions but they don't match! I downloaded the ISO using a Mac and then transferred the file across to a Wndows PC to verify. Could the transfer cause the difference?
Many thanks.

OK! I think i've answered my own question! I download the ISO again on the Mac, transferred it to the Windows machine and the SHA-1 Hash didn't verify - in fact the number was completely different from the previous ISO i had downloaded.

I tried checking the SHA-1 Hash on the Mac and it outputs correctly - that is, that the SHA-1 is verified!

Word to the wise, verify the original downloaded file and not one that has been transferred/copied over!

You have a hardware problem on your PC that creates a stop error (a blue screen of death) and makes the OS restart. It could be with the motherboard, the GPU, the RAM, the HDD, any number of things. You must take your PC to a professional to find the problem.

I have a question. I got windows 7 professional (32 bit) But I want to make it windows 7 (64 bit) So I downloaded the windows 7 professional (64 bit).iso and I can't open it. Am I doing something wrong? any help? Please and thanks 😀

Thanks so much. I followed your instructions for downloading the Win7 ISO to create a bootable USB for a clean install. I have one question though. When I ran the Rufus utility, instead of a "Finished" message I got a "Ready". Not knowing any better I started it again with the same WIN7 ISO. On the log it appears to have been duplicated. Will that be a problem with the installation? And is the 2nd "Ready" message on Rufus intended for users processing multiple ISOs?

That can't possibly be good! Yet Health Status = Good?
This is my daughter's PC which I've been using in order to get a bootable USB that I can use to clean install Windows 7 x64 in mine. Mine ended up in a Windows Recovery to factory setting closed loop. The last step of which is "System is starting services" which it can't do. Powering down, then up in safe mode, does no good. It just starts trying to "start services" again.
I know exactly why it can't install "all" services. If it would only install what it could then I could fix it.

Hi Angelos,
I am trying to get Win 7 Home premium, and was checking the SHA-1. According to MD5_and_SHA Checksum Utility The SHA-1 for the en_windows_7_home_premium_with_sp1_x86_dvd_u_676701.iso.torrent download is 445EE62E4270FAECD36275A0B7189B8D7A2A8029 whereas the article and MS states that it should be 6071B4553FCF0EA53D589A846B5AE76743DD68FC. What am I doing wrong?

Hey Angelos,
As we all agree, this is a great service you provide now that Digital RIver has been discontinued. This service came in handy when I had to reinstall Windows 7 Home Premium on my sister's PC and it worked fine after verifying the checksum, etc.
The day after the install, I got a message that the product key used (on the sticker on the bottom of the laptop, Gateway) is not the correct key, and to purchase a key or use the correct key!s
I re-entered the product key, verifying I am using the right combinations, and it did not accept it.
I can still use Windows. I even powered off and then powered on, and got the message a second time today, the second day.

This article is one of the most well written guides I've come across in a while. It helped me accomplish the task of reinstalling Windows 7 on a laptop that had it's hard drive previously removed. After replacing the hard drive, I was able to use this guide as well as your other guide "Create a Windows Installation Disc or USB" to download windows 7 onto a DVD disc and perform a successful install on the new hard drive. Finally, I used your guide "Windows Applications: 11 Essential Utilities for Any PC" to install the recommended applications, and now I'm up & running on Windows 7 with no issues. Your work speaks for itself so keep up the good work! Thanks a bunch!

Hi, for some reason the file stalls after 1% download and doesn't start downloading again. I've used all three torrent clients you've suggested and the same thing happens. Also I've tried it with home premium and professional as well. I can see the seeders, and everything looks to be in place for it to download, but it says error on it every time. And of course it doesn't give details about the error.

I have 2 Windows 7 products, 1 came as an OEM, the other I got for free from my university via Onthehub. Sadly for the first one, Microsoft doesn't allow me to download an ISO file, and the second one wanted me to pay $15 for a temporary(2years) key which I forgot to write down and $12 for an ISO file.

So far everything has worked. I downloaded all of the apps. Verified the ISO for Win7 64 bit. I installed it over Win Vista. I used ProduKey and recovered the product key, but it didn't work. I can't get a verified Win7 product key and Win10 is downloading. Should I stop or keep going?

I am really excited about your article and the excellent step-by-step process you provide but am having problems downloading Win 7 pro x64. I am using qBitt, but the status shows 'stalled'. I tested it with another download and it worked fine (qBitt is buggy sometimes) so I know the program itself is working fine. There don't seem to be any seeders...is this possible? If so, do you have any other suggestions on how to download a clean copy that would work with OEM product keys? I had to reinstall XP on my dad's computer (he really wanted an obsolete game that I couldn't get to work on Win 7), but it is time to get that computer back on Win 7. I really don't want to resort to torrent copies as I am not sure how they will interact with legit keys. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you in advance and great work!

Hello Angelos...several weeks ago i followed you instructions and sucessfully reinstalled Win 7 by obaining the torrent file, going through the checksum, making a bootable USB. Everything was fine. Now though, there are M'sft pop-ups. One suggests I'm a "victim of counterfeit software", another says "click here to activate", and there is a permanent message that says "Windows 7 Build xxxx. This copy is not genuine".

I've just ignored them since everything is working. It's a nuisance, but now it seems when the "victim" ploy pops up the machine freezes and I have no way to shut down except to turn off the power. That can't be good.

Did you have a Windows License and entered a valid product key during the installation? Because these ISOs do not include a product key or any kind of crack/key-generator/activator. You need to activate the installation with a valid product key.

Thanks Angelos.....yes, have the product key off the label of my PC.. It's just that 2 to 3 weeks went by before I even thought about it because I was never asked to input it when I reinstalled WIN7. So I should activate it even though it's working?

I was a bit reluctant after the run around I got from MS tech support over having a product key but they told me I had to go the OEM which was no help at all. The cynic in me after that experience said leave well enough alone.

Hi; I'm downloading the Win7 Home premium 64bit via torrent and i have some questions seeking your advice
1) My current laptop ships with a pre-installed Win7 32bit Home premium and as i check the product key has a XXXX-OEM-XXXXXXX-XXX. Is it that the OS i'm having is OEM type?
2) I read on Microsoft website that a product key for 32bit can be used for 64bit if its of similar OS type, do you think my OEM product key?

The checksum/hash for the Windows 7 Home Premium x64 (64bit) SP1 torrent file (from Google) doesn't match for me. Has it changed since the article was written? I used the checksum utility you recommended. Your site is great. Thank you so much.

Love you guys. This really helped me. I did not wanted to download some random window iso from torrent. I wanted original windows 7 from microsoft page. I like the idea of sha1 check sums, makes me sleep good at night.

And Windows 7 Pro 64bit matches too. Again - Max OSX with SSD and a 200Mbs connection. By the way, I have no affiliation with this website. I just came across this article while looking for the ISOs for a tech friend.

The short version about the story goes like this: My school bought new computers and wanted to trow the (old) (just one year old) away. The reason for that was: the person that maintained the programming and software on those computers ran away with stolen money from the school. So i asked if instead of trowing it away, if i could have some. They said yes :). The only problem was that the security and passwords for the admin accounts (and other stuff like that) was lost. So i had to find my own way to crack it and reinstall windows. After a long time i somewhat cracked it and found the windows activation key with Again, the help of one of your guides and Lazersoft. Then i made a Windows installation USB and installed windows 7 again on the computer.

I noticed the problem when i pluged the LAN cable in so i could start updating it and just go on the internet. It could not connect to the internet with LAN(cable) because it had no Ethernet, LAN drivers or any other internet drivers. I could not find any drivers for the internet at all. It tried to install them from the internet but failed because t had no internet.

So, do you have some advise for me? Because i cant fix it and i have tried some things. I really hope that you can help me with this.

I followed all directions listed and was able to successfully install and activate Windows 7 Home Premium. Windows update will not download or install any updates. Checksums matched prior to install, and I actually completed 2 installs with similar results. Any input on this?

Hi there. I'm one of these people that is trying to do an upgrade from Vista to Windows 7. So that brings me to two questions.

1.) Are the versions linked here able to do the UPGRADE, or can we only do CLEAN installs with this? I'm coming from Vista Home Premium 64 bit, so I know that I could only do the upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, and I wanted it to just be the upgrade that, frankly, I should have done YEARS ago.
2.) I know that I need to buy a licence for Windows 7. Fine with me, but does Microsoft even still SELL them?? Like, if I install this, is there an option for me to register it?

Thank you for your reply. So your suggestion is to use the ISO to make my DVD, use THAT to do my upgrade, and then use the Licence from the Amazon product, correct? I ask this because the Amazon product you linked to says that it CAN NOT be used to upgrade from an older operating system, and that it requires a clean installation. So if I DON'T use their disk, but only use their licence code, I should be ok. Is that right?

Please help me!! I just followed the instructions to revert from Windows 10 back to Windows 7. It appeared to go correctly, but when it was over my computer had no internet drivers. It cannot see my home wireless network or even an Ethernet cable. There is a Windows.old folder - can I get them back? Go back? Start over?

Hi there. I have a product key for Windows 7 Home Premium already as it came with the laptop when I purchased it but after about 2 years, I recently had to fully reset my laptop and my brother installed windows 7 professional to get rid of everything that was on here. The thing is, it isn't a genuine copy of windows so it keeps asking for a new product key so what I want to do is download home premium and make my computer "new" again. What I want to know is, is this a genuine copy of windows and will I need to ever enter a new product key and if that is the case, can I enter the product key I have on my laptop? What do you suggest I do?

I have tried to download windows 7 from the Microsoft site but whenever I enter my product key it gives me this message:
The product key you've entered appears to be for software which was pre-installed by the device manufacturer. Please contact the device manufacturer for software recovery options.

Find out if your old operating system (Home Premium) was 32 or 64 bit. Download the version you have the product key for, from the links provided above.

Then, create a DVD or a bootable USB thumb drive (there is a guide at the same website) and install Windows to your hard drive. You should be able to enter your product key when it asks for it and it will activate automatically.

Hi, first of all I'd like to say thanks for providing such a useful set of links and a very clear step-by-step guide!

Unfortunately, I've downloaded two copies of Windows 7 Professional x64, once from the German site and once using the direct-download links in your original article, and when I ran the MD5 and SHA utility the result came up as "Hash does not match!" on both occasions.

My bittorrent client (I'm using Vuze) seems to be having problems downloading the ISO. It opened the .torrent file ok, but it keeps getting "Error: Offline" messages. Do you know if there is anything going on with the servers, or can you shed any light on this? (I'm not a very experienced bittorrent user)

Hi Angelos, I downloaded qbittorrent and tried that, and the whole list of trackers say "Not Working", and the download says "stalled". I also tried the German version, and got the same thing, so I guess it is not the fault of the .torrent. Does that signify anything to you? I really appreciate your input. BTW, I disabled my security software briefly to see if it was interfering, but I got the same result.

Not sure if you got my reply -- I tried qbittorrent also, got trackers "not working", I'm trying to do some research on this, but to make a long story short, I am getting "the remote server refused the connection" in the qbittorrent log. If you can add any other suggestions, it will be appreciated! thanks so much.

Eureka! I tried Random Ports, and suddenly a couple of trackers came active; download successful! Thank you so much for your help, and for this post, I'm replacing my HDD with a hybrid drive, and I need all the backup I can get!

In which way doesn't the media tool work? It won't download Windows at all, or it won't create the DVD? Have you tried creating a USB or just downloading the ISO, and then burn it with a different program?

The checksum is not matching for the Windows Home Premium SP1 64 bit. I ran the CrystalDiskInfo check and everything looks good. I have only downloaded the .iso file, and not yet installed it because I wanted to verify it beforehand. Do I need to install it to get the correct SDA-1 hash? Forgive my ignorance- and thanks for your help.

I am dumb old lady who upgraded to win10 with no knowledge..have been told unable to go back win7 as all bits of it was deleted after 30 days. I hate this!!! I have no idea what I am doing but if I can download the win7 is it hard to reset to 5? Do i need to download other things first so I can get on like before? Sorry to sound so dumb, but I am thank you so much oh not sure what is wanted in website box

Hello, following your instructions, I used qbittorrent to download the iso for Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (en_windows_7_home_premium_with_sp1_x86_dvd_u_676701.iso), but the SHA-1 doesn't match the MSDN site:

The MD5 & SHA Checksum utility gives me a value of "445EE62E4270FAECD36275A0B7189B8D7A2A8029", not the MSDN value starting with 6071B....